The romance of symbolism and its relation to church ornament and architecture / by Sidney Heath.

  • Heath, Sidney, 1872-
Date:
1909
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    mediaeval, is one of the most unfortunate humours of the present day; but a temperate admiration, based upon a careful and impartial inspection, is calculated to increase the number of objects for our legitimate imitation, and to give us such a view of the thoughts, characters, and religious customs of our forefathers, as will enable us to attain a like insight into our own. This volume makes no attempt to deal with the origin and evolution of symbolism from the earliest times; although in a few cases the heathen prototypes of our Christian symbols have been briefly indicated; but is mainly confined to the signs, emblems, attributes, and devices, which, although for the most part of pagan parentage, have been for so long associated with the Christian religion as we know it to-day. Finally, this volume is intended to be only a preliminary guide to the study of symbolism, and one which may possibly be of use in helping the reader to unlock the portals of the larger and more erudite works on the subject, and thus lead those interested to become ac- quainted with the marvellous system of symbolism that has been so great a factor in the cults and religions of the world. Upwev, Dorset, 1909.